Thiago Alcântara
Spanish association football player
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- This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Alcântara and the second is do Nascimento.
Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento (born 11 April 1991), commonly known as Thiago Alcântara, or simply Thiago is a Spanish professional footballer. He plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool, and the Spain national team. He is the son of former Brazilian player Mazinho. Thiago is considered as one of the best midfielders of all time.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 11 April 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Pietro Vernotico, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Flamengo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2000 | Ureca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Kelme | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2005 | Flamengo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Barcelona B | 54 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Barcelona | 68 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2020 | Bayern Munich | 150 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | Liverpool | 67 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Spain U17 | 8 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Spain U18 | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Spain U19 | 11 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Spain U21 | 21 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2011– | Spain | 46 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:24, 26 April 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:07, 6 July 2021 (UTC) |
Career statistics
changeClub
change- As of match played 26 April 2023
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Barcelona B | 2007–08 | Tercera División | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
2008–09 | Segunda División B | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||||
2009–10 | Segunda División B | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 5[c] | 1 | 18 | 3 | |||||
2010–11 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 3 | — | ||
Barcelona | 2008–09 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | La Liga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
2010–11 | La Liga | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 17 | 3 | |||
2011–12 | La Liga | 27 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 7[d] | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | 45 | 4 | |||
2012–13 | La Liga | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |||
Total | 68 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 11 | — | ||
Bayern Munich | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 3[g] | 1 | 25 | 3 | ||
2014–15 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |||
2015–16 | Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 9[d] | 1 | 1[h] | 0 | 42 | 4 | |||
2016–17 | Bundesliga | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 9[d] | 2 | 1[h] | 0 | 41 | 9 | |||
2017–18 | Bundesliga | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 10[d] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | [1] | ||
2018–19 | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 5[d] | 0 | 1[h] | 1 | 42 | 3 | |||
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 10[d] | 0 | 1[h] | 0 | 40 | 3 | [2][3] | ||
Total | 150 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 235 | 31 | — | ||
Liverpool | 2020–21 | Premier League | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
2021–22 | Premier League | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[d] | 1 | — | 39 | 2 | |||
2022–23 | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 1[i] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Total | 67 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 3 | — | ||
Career total | 340 | 28 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 487 | 48 | — |
- ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, DFB-Pokal and FA Cup
- ↑ Includes EFL Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
- ↑ One appearance in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- ↑ One appearance in DFL-Supercup, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
- ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield
International
change- As of match played 6 July 2021[4]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Spain | 2011 | 3 | 0 |
2012 | 0 | 0 | |
2013 | 1 | 0 | |
2014 | 1 | 0 | |
2015 | 2 | 0 | |
2016 | 11 | 0 | |
2017 | 7 | 1 | |
2018 | 9 | 1 | |
2019 | 3 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 46 | 2 |
International goals
change- Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 October 2017 | Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain | Albania | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 27 March 2018 | Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain | Argentina | 4–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |
Honours
changeBarcelona[5]
- La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Copa del Rey: 2011–12
- Supercopa de España: 2010, 2011
- UEFA Champions League: 2010–11
- UEFA Super Cup: 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2011
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- DFB-Pokal: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
- DFL-Supercup: 2016, 2018
- UEFA Champions League: 2019–20[6]
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2013
Liverpool
Spain U17
Spain U21
Individual
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2020[10]
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 2013[11]
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Silver Boot: 2013[12]
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013[11]
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011[13]
- Goal of the Month in Germany: January 2014[14]
- FIFA FIFPro World11: 2020[15][16]
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2016–17[17]
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2018–19[18]
- ESM Team of the Season: 2016–17[19]
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2019–20[broken anchor][20]
- IFFHS Men's World Team: 2020[21]
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2021–22[22]
References
change- ↑ "Thiago". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ↑ "Sancho glänzt in doppelter Rolle: BVB gewinnt Supercup". kicker.de (in German). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ↑ "Thiago". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento". EU-football.info. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ↑ [1]; Barcelona's official website
- ↑ "Bayern win the champions league". ESPN. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (14 May 2022). "Chelsea 0–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (30 July 2022). "Liverpool 3–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (28 May 2022). "Liverpool 0–1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ↑ "UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year 2020 revealed". UEFA. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Thiago leads all-star squad dominated by Spain". UEFA. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ↑ "Morata wins Golden Boot in Spanish clean sweep". UEFA. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ↑ U21 all-star squad named by UEFA technical team
- ↑ "Thiago erzielt Tor des Monats" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ↑ "Lucy Bronze and Robert Lewandowski are The Best of 2020". FIFA. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ↑ "The FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11 of 2019-2020 - FIFPRO World Players' Union". FIFPRO. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ↑ "Official Bundesliga Team of the Season for 2016/17". Bundesliga. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ↑ "Die kicker-Elf des Jahres – mit Sancho und vier Bayern (2018/19)" (in German). kicker. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ↑ ESM Top-Elf: Ein Bayern-Star in Europas Elite (in German). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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- ↑ "IFFHS WORLD AWARDS 2020 - THE WINNERS". IFFHS. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ↑ "Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr win PFA player of year awards". BBC Sport. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to Thiago Alcântara.
- Official website
- FC Barcelona profile
- Thiago Alcântara at BDFutbol
- National team data at BDFutbol
- Thiago Alcântara at National-Football-Teams.com
- Thiago Alcântara – UEFA competition record (archive)